The Injury Litigation Blog

The Medical Malpractice Crisis Myth – Maryland Edition

By Byron Warnken

Medical Malpractice Cases in Maryland

In simply quantity, cases listed as medical malpractice in Maryland are almost a rounding error.  They represent less than 1/2 of 1% of all circuit court actions in Maryland, not including PG and Montgomery Counties.  (Those two counties report their stats differently, making it more difficult to parse out which kinds of cases are which.)

Of course, though quite significant, number of cases isn’t everything.  Forty-nine huge dollar cases might be more significant than a larger number of tiny cases.  However, it’s important to keep in mind that circuit court actions involve more than $30,000 in damages in any case.  Therefore, smaller contract or car accident cases are separate and not skewing the numbers.  Moreover, medical malpractice cases are either always or virtually always in the larger dollar courts.

Also key to remember, an enormous quantity of medical malpractice cases that actually go to trial result in defense verdicts.  In this previous post, we report 77% of med mal cases are shown to have defense verdicts.

Medical Malpractice Infographic

The infographic above does one of the better jobs I’ve seen in showing visually, just how small the amount of medical malpractice litigation there is, in comparison to everything else.

Medical Malpractice Lawyers in Maryland

The goal of InjuryLawyerDatabase.com is both to educate potential litigants in personal injury, car accident, and medical malpractice cases, and to get potential litigants to the right attorneys for their case.  As such, here is a list of med mal lawyers handling cases in Maryland and here are our thoughts on the best medical malpractice lawyers in Maryland.

The decision about what lawyer for a medical malpractice case is an important one.  Depending on the facts of the case, and how serious, it can be one of the most important decisions a family makes.  Not all lawyers are created equal and not all lawyers are suited to a particular kind of case.

The best thing you can do is talk to multiple attorneys, read a great deal, and study the statistics.

Last Month’s Judiciary Stats

By Byron Warnken

In March, circuit courts of Maryland were, per usual, quite busy.  There were 8723 listed actions, not including criminal cases.  Of these, there were 6633 different case numbers assigned. Also as usual, the number of cases listed as personal injury or related, was only a small fraction of the whole.  There were 30 medical malpractice […]

The Maryland Judiciary’s Budget Request and Last Month’s Stats

By Byron Warnken

The Maryland Judiciary has requested $549 million dollars for their 2016 operating budget. According to the Daily Record, this is approximately a 10% increase over the current fiscal year. On first blush, this might seem like a large number. However, consider, for a moment, last month’s figures that we now report. There were 5410 cases […]

January’s Workers’ Compensation Appeal Statistics

By Byron Warnken

A week ago, we discussed last month’s medical malpractice lawsuit statistics.  There were only fourteen different suits filed in the Baltimore metro area.  In contrast, January saw 193 workers’ compensation appeals brought to circuit courts around Maryland, not including PG and Montgomery Counties.  Of the 193, 142 came from Circuit Courts in the Baltimore metro […]

January Baltimore Area Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Statistics

By Byron Warnken

In total, there were only 19 medical malpractice lawsuits filed in the greater Baltimore area in January.  This includes Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Carroll County, Howard County, Harford County, and Anne Arundel County.  (Note: this means suits labeled medical malpractice; if the suits were mislabeled, they would not be listed here.) Only 19 Lawsuits Of […]

If It Ever Happened, It Always Happened

By Byron Warnken

That’s sometimes what I say about the Internet and our recorded life.  It’s not exactly poetic, and I’m not sure it defines what I want to say all that well.  I’m simply trying to say: you cannot unwrite the past.  You never could, completely, as we all live in a world we cannot control.  But […]

The Largest Law Firms in Baltimore Serve Businesses

By Byron Warnken

If you are an attorney or otherwise sophisticated in the law or business, you read the headline above and say, “Duh.”  Of course the Baltimore’s biggest law firms serve businesses.  Same is true everywhere for that matter. But not everyone knows this simple fact.  Law firms and lawyers are arguably far more important to individuals […]

The Judiciary is for Sale in My America??

By Byron Warnken

I’ve always been close to the legal profession.  My father is a lawyer and a full-time law professor.  My mother is also a lawyer.  So is my sister.  I do hate to admit it, but I have a naive sense of the role of justice in our society. I believe that the courts stand above. […]

Peter Angelos Still Works Cases?

By Byron Warnken

InjuryLawyerDatabase.com went from algorithmic updates to hand updates within the last few months.  A smattering of the updates come across my desk.  Actually, they do the modern day equivalent and pipe through my inbox.  I’m seldom surprised by what I see.  If I thought a lawyer was busy and handling a lot of car accident […]

November Maryland Circuit Court Statistics

By Byron Warnken

Medical malpractice lawsuits, or the lack thereof, is what stood out in November.  There were only 21 different medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Maryland in November. The number seems smaller than one might otherwise guess. Well known defendants include Frederick Memorial Hospital, Northwest Hospital Center, Emergency Medicine Associates, PA, Franklin Square Hospital, Peninsula Regional Medical […]